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3.2.5 Boolean Type

Postgres Plus Advanced Server provides the standard SQL type BOOLEAN. BOOLEAN can have one of only two states: “true” or “false”. A third state, “unknown”, is represented by the SQL null value.

Table 3-9 Boolean Type

Name

Storage Size

Description

BOOLEAN

1 byte

Logical Boolean (true/false)

The valid literal value for representing the “true” state is TRUE. The valid literal for representing the “false” state is FALSE.

Note: The BOOLEAN data type can only be used for a variable declaration in an SPL program - it cannot be used to define a column data type in a table.

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